Trousers-holder.



L. GATES & T. F. GRAHAM. TROUSERS HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED DEO.6,'1913.

1,110,887, Patented Sept. 15,1914.-

Inventors Attorneys LAURIE GATES AND THOMAS F. GRAHAM-,OF TAMPA,-FLORIDA-. g

TROUSERS-HOLDER.

Application filed December 6, 191a Serial No. 805,109.

Specification of Letters Patent, if Patented Sept. 15, 191 1,

THOMAS F. GRAHAM, citizens of the United States, residing at Tampa, in the county of Hillsboro, Stateof Florida, have invented a new and usefulTrousers-Holder, of which the following is a specification I This invention relates to an improved form of trousers holder or garment hanger".

and has for an object to provide a'trousers hanger which will occupy aminimum space and at the same time be effective for the purpose intended.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a trousers or garment hanger of simple construction and which is made from a single length of wire, the various portions of which are arranged in a vertical plane so that a thin or narrow hanger will be obtained.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of our invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of our improved trousers or garment hanger. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of F i 1.

Re erring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, a single length of wire is bent upon itself intermediate its ends as at 4 and the two strands bent to form the hook or suspending member 5 which in the drawings is illustrated as extending over and engaging a cylindrical support 6. At the lower extremities of the hooks 5, the wire projects horizontally in opposite directions to form what is termed the upper longitudinal member 7 the rear portion of which is bent into the form of a loop 8 from which the wire projects to form the lower longitudinal member 9, the center of which is slightly curved as at 10. i

I The extreme end of the lower longitudinal men1ber 9' is curved upon itself to form the eye 11 which'provides means whereby the said member maybe conveniently manipula'ted. Thatrportionof the upper longitudinalmemberremote from the spring loop '8 is bent upwardly as at 12 and then downwardly as at 13, the lower extremity of the latter being provided with the hook-shaped end 1 1 which is, as illustrated in Fig. 3, located approximately central of the line of projection of the downwardly extending portion 13. Thus it will be apparent that the hook-shaped end 14 holds in vertical alinement the upper and lower longitudinal members 7 and 9.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the upper and lower longitudinal members 7 and 9, the two strands of the hook 5, and the loop 8, and also the arms 12 and 13 of the locking member as well as the various portions of the eye 11 lie in a vertical plane. The foregoing is clearly apparent from a reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings and the only part of the entire device which does not lie in the said vertical plane is the hook 14, which as heretofore stated, is positioned approximately central thereof so that-the lower longitudinal member 9 when in position therein as illustrated in Fig. 3, will lie in the same vertical plane as the upper longitudinal member 7. Thus a trousers or garment hanger is provided which will occupy a minimum space and is formed of a single length of wire. The entire construction is of the simplest nature and the proper amount of resiliency is embodied in the device by means of the spring loop 8. The holder herein described is especially adapted to hold trousers which have been folded about their central portion and placed over the lower longitudinal member 9. The trousers having been so p0- sitioned the end of the said member is brought into such position that it will engage the hook 14: of the locking member which comprises the arms 12 and 13 and hook 14. The ofisetting of the portion 10 of the lower member prevents the trousers or article which is held, from sliding from end to end of the device, it being noted that the article is not tightly "clamped-" betrieen the upper and lower longitudinal members but only lightlyheld therebetween.

Having thus described out invention, 5 What We cla1m 1s:

A device of the class described comprising upper .;longitudinalmember, 'said"longi-' tudi'nal member struck upWardlyintermediate its ends and bent tdfo'ri'n a curved s'up-f.

porting hook, the upstruck portions ofthe ingthe upperfarid lowerf'longitii'dinal members at one end, the said lower longitudinal registering withfand adapted to enter the "the upper longitudinal member, the remote end of the upper longitudinal member bent to form a hook, the; adjacent end of the lower longitudinal member adapted to engage 'said hook, the lower longitudinal member, spring loop, upper longitudinal member and 'supporting hook lyingin acom'mon plane, and the offset hook of the upper longitudinal ine mber adapted to register with the spring loopof the next adjacent hanger.

In testimony that e claim the foregoing iourfo vlif we havehereto afii'xed our signatures in" the presence of two witnesses.

'j LAURIEYGA ES- i THOMAS F. GRAHAM. 1* Witnesses; I 

